Emerging Institutions for Decentralised Rural Development
Author : S. P. Jain
Publisher :
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Rural development
ISBN :
Author : S. P. Jain
Publisher :
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Rural development
ISBN :
Author : Krister Andersson
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 17,86 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816527014
Despite the recent economic upswing in many Latin American countries, rural poverty rates in the region have actually increased during the past two decades. Experts blame excessively centralized public administrations for the lackluster performance of public policy initiatives. In response, decentralization reformshave become a common government strategy for improving public sector performance in rural areas. The effect of these reforms is a topic of considerable debate among government officials, policy scholars, and citizensÕ groups. This book offers a systematic analysis of how local governments and farmer groups in Latin America are actually faring today. Based on interviews with more than 1,200 mayors, local officials, and farmers in 390 municipal territories in four Latin American nations, the authors analyze the ways in which different forms of decentralization affect the governance arrangements for rural development Òon the ground.Ó Their comparative analysis suggests that rural development outcomes are systemically linked to locally negotiated institutional arrangementsÑformal and informalÑbetween government officials, NGOs, and farmer groups that operate in the local sphere. They find that local-government actors contribute to public services that better assist the rural poor when local actors cooperate to develop their own institutional arrangements for participatory planning, horizontal learning, and the joint production of services. This study brings substantive data and empirical analysis to a discussion that has, until now, more often depended on qualitative research in isolated cases. With more than 60 percent of Latin AmericaÕs rural population living in poverty, the results are both timely and crucial.
Author : Subhes Bhattacharyya
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,52 MB
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1447146735
More than 1.3 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity. Although extension of the electricity grid remains the preferred mode of electrification, off-grid electrification can offer a solution to such cases. Rural Electrification through Decentralised Off-grid Systems in Developing Countries provides a review of rural electrification experiences with an emphasis on off-grid electrification and presents business-related aspects including participatory arrangements, financing, and regulatory governance. Organized in three parts, Rural Electrification through Decentralised Off-grid Systems in Developing Countries provides comprehensive coverage and state-of-the art reviews which appraise the reader of the latest trend in the thinking. The first part presents the background information on electricity access, discusses the developmental implications of lack of electricity infrastructure and provides a review of alternative off-grid technologies. The second part presents a review of experiences from various regions (South Asia, China, Africa, South East Asia and South America). Finally, the third part deals with business dimensions and covers participatory business models, funding challenges for electrification and regulatory and governance issues. Based on the research carried out under the EPSRC/ DfID funded research grant for off-grid electrification in South Asia, Rural Electrification through Decentralised Off-grid Systems in Developing Countries provides a multi-disciplinary perspective of the rural electrification challenge through off-grid systems. Providing a practical introduction for students, this is also a key reference for engineers and governing bodies working with off-grid electrification.
Author : Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Regional planning
ISBN : 9789023244844
Author : James Manor
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 18,69 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Nearly all countries worldwide are now experimenting with decentralization. Their motivation are diverse. Many countries are decentralizing because they believe this can help stimulate economic growth or reduce rural poverty, goals central government interventions have failed to achieve. Some countries see it as a way to strengthen civil society and deepen democracy. Some perceive it as a way to off-load expensive responsibilities onto lower level governments. Thus, decentralization is seen as a solution to many different kinds of problems. This report examines the origins and implications decentralization from a political economy perspective, with a focus on its promise and limitations. It explores why countries have often chosen not to decentralize, even when evidence suggests that doing so would be in the interests of the government. It seeks to explain why since the early 1980s many countries have undertaken some form of decentralization. This report also evaluates the evidence to understand where decentralization has considerable promise and where it does not. It identifies conditions needed for decentralization to succeed. It identifies the ways in which decentralization can promote rural development. And it names the goals which decentralization will probably not help achieve.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 38,3 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Decentralization in government
ISBN : 9789251042243
Author : D. Rajasekhar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000425347
This handbook examines 25 years of decentralised governance and development in India. It provides a historical overview of developments since the introduction of decentralisation reforms (73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts) and critically assesses the measures initiated to strengthen decentralised institutions and deepen grassroots democracy. It also discusses the status of service delivery and identifies the issues and challenges involved in achieving development at the local level. The volume studies themes such as the devolution of powers in India, administrative and fiscal decentralisation, decentralised planning, Panchayats in scheduled areas, the sociological aspects of decentralisation, caste, gender and local democracy, capacity building, ICT for local governance, urban local governance, workfare and decentralisation, and decentralised natural resource management. It also looks at Panchayati Raj institutions from a Gandhian perspective. The first of its kind, this handbook will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of decentralisation and development, development studies, fiscal decentralisation, political studies, political sociology, Indian politics, Indian government, public policy and governance, political economy, South Asian studies, and South Asian politics.
Author : Satyajit Singh
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 24,34 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Institutional models, fiscal arrangements, and politics of decentralization -- Future directions.
Author : S. N. Mishra
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 13,5 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Community development
ISBN : 9788170997726
Author : S. P. Jain
Publisher :
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Rural development
ISBN :
This Two-Volume Set Contains 54 Papers Contributed By Eminent Scholars, Policy Makers And Practitioners During The Seminar Organized By The National Institute Of Rural Development As A Part Of Its Foundation Day Celebrations. These Papers Are Devoted To Different Theme Of The Seminar And Provide A Critical Analysis Of The Functioning Of Rural Institutions In Different States In India.